Adam Robitel (born May 26, 1978) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for directing horror films, such as ''

The Taking of Deborah Logan ''The Taking of Deborah Logan'' is a 2014 American found footage supernatural horror film, which serves as the feature film directorial debut of Adam Robitel, who co-wrote the screenplay and edited the film with Gavin Heffernan. The film stars ...

'' (2014), '' Insidious: The Last Key'' (2018), ''

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'' (2019) and its sequel '' Escape Room: Tournament of Champions'' (2021). He also co-wrote '' Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension'' (2015). Deadline reported in July 2021, Robitel and co-writer

Gavin Heffernan Gavin Heffernan (born April 2, 1980) is a Canadian filmmaker/screenwriter/photographer. He co-wrote the psychological horror feature '' The Taking of Deborah Logan'' (2014) and Paramount's '' Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension'' (2015) w ...

had partnered with

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on a thriller series for Netflix entitled The Craving. In July 2019, Deadline posted that Heffernan and Robitel had teamed up with

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on an "Untitled Supernatural Thriller" for Sony Pictures.

Education

Adam Robitel was born on May 28, 1978, in

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. Robitel is a graduate of the

USC School of Cinematic Arts The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) houses seven academic divisions: Film & Television Production; Cinema & Media Studies; John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; John Wells Division of Writing for Sc ...

Personal life

Robitel was raised Catholic. He was a gymnast who first pursued acting while at USC. His spec script, The Bloody Benders, garnered the attention of Guillermo Del Toro, and was his first official optioned property. He credits his grandmother, who raised him and his sister on ghost stories, for his love of all things macabre. Robitel has been with his partner Ray, for twenty years.

Filmography

Acting roles

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